Quotes About Focus

Disegnia e no prder tepo [sic]

One might as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as to try to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires. Robert Collier

It's the pressing on toward the goal that is important, not simply trying to look perfect or be perfect. And it's also important to forget what is behind us, because we cannot change our pasts. We can, however, look forward and fix our eyes on Jesus as we listen to His direction.

The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.

And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.

The longer something remains a priority, he said, the more it becomes second nature, hardwired in our minds and actions.

It's - just Bishop." "You have only one name?" Unless he was a rock star or a chess piece, it was another sign that he was having trouble thinking straight.

It seems that the one characteristic most closely correlated with success in life, which has persisted over the decades, is the ability to delay gratification.

Somebody once asked me if I ever went up to the plate trying to hit a home run. I said "sure, every time".

Love looks forward, hate looks back, anxiety has eyes all over its head.

We welcome passion, for the mind is briefly let off duty.

Most of us can easily do two things at once; what's all but impossible is to do one thing at once.

If there is something you must do and you cannot do it, you cannot do anything else.

What you can't get out of... Get into wholeheartedly.

There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

Let every man mind his own business.

El modo de dar una vez en el clavo, es dar cien veces en la herradura.

Si vas a detenerte con cada perro que te salga a ladrar al camino, nunca llegarás al fin de él». No sirve itrarle piedras. No le hagas caso.

Control over consciousness is not simply a cognitive skill. At least as much as intelligence, it requires the commitment of emotions and will. It is not enough to know how to do it; one must do it, consistently, in the same way as athletes or musicians who must keep practicing what they know in theory.

It's exhilarating to come closer and closer to self-discipline.

writing gives the mind a disciplined means of expression.

Painters must want to paint above all else. If the artist in front of the canvas begins to wonder how much he will sell it for, or what the critics will think of it, he won't be able to pursue original avenues. Creative achievements depend on single-minded immersion.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully

The mark of a person who is in control of consciousness is the ability to focus attention at will, to be oblivious to distractions, to concentrate for as long as it takes to achieve a goal, and not longer. And the person who can do this usually enjoys the normal course of everyday life.